Bedtime Stories
George pointed me to a new children's book: Go the Fuck To Sleep. I also found a reading of it by one of my favorite orators: Samuel L. Jackson. The video shows the pages of the book as he reads (here's one of his speeches in Pulp Fiction (FF to 2:20).
George also noted: "Motherless Brooklyn, whose author is quoted at the top of the cover, is the book I've mentioned before about the detective with Tourette's."
If Animals Could Speak
And you really should watch the best talking dog video of all time: Ultimate Dog Tease
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Friday, April 29, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Lunch at Five Guys -- April 6, 2011
The Jott service is shutting down May 3. they were bought by Nuance, the makers of Dragon Dictation software, who does not seem to be replacing it with anything equivalent. I found a possible replacement: Dial2Do.
George checked and found that coal burger is now open, and they've removed the phony testimonials from their home page. "I'm happy to see they use grass fed beef, and pictures of the burgers and shakes sure look good:"
George also remembered that he ran across The Queen's Gambit after reading a really good review by Jesse Kornbluth of The Art of Racing in the Rain. "I was looking at some of his other reviews and after reading his review of The Queen's Gambit ("Rocky for smart people") decided I had to give it a try:"
Here's the rock climbing deal George mentioned:
And here's the juggling quadrocopter video:
Here's the link again for the Kenji hamburger video, and the link for his french fry article (probably too long to read, but definitely worth a scan through the photos):
George's sister sent the following photo showing the line outside The Shake Shack:
George checked and found that coal burger is now open, and they've removed the phony testimonials from their home page. "I'm happy to see they use grass fed beef, and pictures of the burgers and shakes sure look good:"
George also remembered that he ran across The Queen's Gambit after reading a really good review by Jesse Kornbluth of The Art of Racing in the Rain. "I was looking at some of his other reviews and after reading his review of The Queen's Gambit ("Rocky for smart people") decided I had to give it a try:"
Here's the rock climbing deal George mentioned:
And here's the juggling quadrocopter video:
Here's the link again for the Kenji hamburger video, and the link for his french fry article (probably too long to read, but definitely worth a scan through the photos):
George's sister sent the following photo showing the line outside The Shake Shack:
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Lunch at Five Guys - March 16, 2011
Links from today's episode:
But it turns out other people have developed them, and according to this guy the EverPaper app works great.
- John Scalzi's thread on best Sci Fi novel of the decade:
- The instapaper site says he won't be doing an android app:
At the moment, there are no plans for native apps on other mobile platforms. I simply don’t have enough time to develop and maintain more native clients, especially for devices that I don’t own.
But it turns out other people have developed them, and according to this guy the EverPaper app works great.
- Dan Benjamin's awesome online network of talk shows. Dan's weekly show with Marco Arment (Instapaper dude!): http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze/16
- Paul got an S107 Helicopter!
- Roger Ebert's Review of the film Monsters.
- The novel Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
LUNCH: Humble Pie
George and I met for the first time at Humble Pie, a Pizza/Pasta/Salad restaurant & bar near Desert Ridge. It was really tasty, but even the lunch special ended up costing me $15 with tip.
For the first time in a while, I finally brought an agenda to the lunch (George always has one).
We talked quite a bit about web application development, mostly because he's done a bunch of it and I am just now starting my first web app at work.
No time for a lot of elaboration this time, so I'll just list a summary of some of the agenda items I shared with George:
1. A video of someone building a blog website from scratch in Ruby on Rails in 15 minutes.
2. The best Five Books, a site with a daily post of five books that will make you an expert in a particular subject.
3.The Brooklyn Space Program, where a father and his kids launch a weather balloon to the edge of space with an HD video camera on board.
4. Food for the Apocalypse: Costco now offers a special item for just $799.00: A one-year supply of dehydrated and freeze-dried food for one person. Stock up now!
5. It seems Ratheon has developed an exoskeleton for use by the military that bears at least some resemblance to Iron Man's suit: The XOS 2.
For the first time in a while, I finally brought an agenda to the lunch (George always has one).
We talked quite a bit about web application development, mostly because he's done a bunch of it and I am just now starting my first web app at work.
No time for a lot of elaboration this time, so I'll just list a summary of some of the agenda items I shared with George:
1. A video of someone building a blog website from scratch in Ruby on Rails in 15 minutes.
2. The best Five Books, a site with a daily post of five books that will make you an expert in a particular subject.
3.The Brooklyn Space Program, where a father and his kids launch a weather balloon to the edge of space with an HD video camera on board.
4. Food for the Apocalypse: Costco now offers a special item for just $799.00: A one-year supply of dehydrated and freeze-dried food for one person. Stock up now!
5. It seems Ratheon has developed an exoskeleton for use by the military that bears at least some resemblance to Iron Man's suit: The XOS 2.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Next "Book Club" Selection: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
Okay, we've never actually had a book club on Lunch with George, but we've read and discussed a lot of 'em.I haven't read it yet, but I think this one might be interesting: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson. He takes a look at some of the great, ground-breaking experiments that provided illumination on scientific truths without the benefit of elaborate, expensive equipment.
I have a copy on order, and I'll provide my book report when I get the chance.
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